As Utah coach Kyle Whittingham pointed out, the junior leads the country in "just about every category." To review, Cooks leads the nation in total receiving yards (1,176), receiving yards per game (168) and receptions per game (10.9). He's second in scoring per game (12) and he's fifth in all-purpose yards per game (184.14).

Whittingham called what Mannion and Cooks did to the Utes "unbelievable."

"Boy, they did a number on us," Whittingham said, referring to Cooks' 210 receiving yards and three touchdowns, and Mannion's 27-of-44 passing for 443 yards and five touchdowns in the Beavers' 51-48 overtime win in Salt Lake City. "We were up in arms about it, we usually don't give up that many yards."

Then Whittingham added with a laugh, "But they've seemed to do it to every single opponent, so we don't feel so bad."

No kidding.

Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre, who watched Cooks total 168 receiving yards and two touchdowns on nine catches, compared the 5-foot-10, 182-pounder to a running back.

"He's a fearless guy," MacIntyre said. "He's not real big, but he's very physical. He can go up and get a football with two or three people around him -- and he does that consistently. They do a good job of getting him the ball in different ways, and he's built like a running back almost, he can take a beating (from defenders)."

But Stanford coach David Shaw, who watched video of all Cooks' "explosive" plays Monday night, summed it up quickly.